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>> "Fortunately those richer countries are better equipped to handle that burden (because they are rich)." I agree, but if you let people choose where they wan

>> "Fortunately those richer countries are better equipped to handle that burden (because they are rich)." I agree, but if you let people choose where they want to go and they mostly pick one of the rich countries it'll become unsustainable for them too which is why I think an even spread across the EU with countries taking in a share based on their wealth would work best. >> "processing taking long seems to me a problem that is mostly caused by the receiving countries, not by the refugees." True, I think the bureaucracy around it is a big issue. Refugees are probably lacking in a lot of documentation though (for obvious reasons) which can't help. That seems like something that should be common and obvious enough to authorities though that they can find other ways to verify identity etc.

nxzero 10y ago
You're missing the point of how refugees naturally select the country that's best able to deal with the issue. Germany has an army, Greece does not. Turkey had an army, but the outcome of Turkey using it's army to end the war is not the one the refugees want. Point is to make refugees a natural point of pain as quickly as possible so that those impacted deal with the issue, not allow it to go on and on and on. Even worse, if allowing countries to send refugees for a fee to another country becomes a thing, it might quickly turn into sending any unwanted individuals to a secured location in another country; which clearly is a horrible solution.